I don't think OP means completely take on all blame and responsibility, they said it requires setting it aside (externalizations). In any situation you can view it as "What did I do wrong" or "What are they doing wrong." This just suggests to focus less on what others are saying and doing (in response to your presence or actions) and focus more on what you can do to improve or remedy things. It isn't suggesting we maintain a perception that we are responsible for all of the elements around us. Just that we should consider how to improve what we can.

To break free of Forever Alone Syndrome requires setting aside frustration and externalisation of blame, accepting personal responsibility for making oneself appealing, and then initiating the lifestyle changes necessary to create that appeal.

Short answer: Take better care of yourself even if you don't (initially) think you're worth it. Looks aren't everything but appearance is important.

I have seen many people use up the entire round and never finish game 2, even if both players are actively making plays each turn and affecting the board. I think removal is great at fighting this but knowing when and how to use it is important. If it were online and your opponent can lose due to running out the clock, I would probably side in things that resolve the game quicker if I know game 1 already went long. At LGS where you're on shared time and would just draw once it runs out you can make effort to streamline your deck a little more for game 2. Ultimately you're not responsible for how fast/slow your opponent is playing and that only becomes a bigger issue in paper Magic where both players are affected by timing out.

As for the actual draft, this is where I would start taking sideboard cards a little higher just to have the bases covered. You shouldn't take a Naturalize over a solid creature, of course.

I will admit, there have been a few games where I was stuck on 3 lands for a few turns but I don't think putting banners in to prevent that is correct. I could just as easily have 2 banners in hand with only 2 mana.

Never start a fair fight. You're a Ranger, not a Spartan. Scout the area before you fight. See where the orcs are. See where environmental features are that you can use. Find a good fallback point. Observe where herbs and Elfshot caches are. The game rewards diversifying your attack strategies, so get used to using everything at your advantage.

I need to keep this in mind while playing. I decided to get the game after seeing this video and they really make use of the terrain and elements/exploits to meet their objective. After playing around for a bit I started thinking "Okay, I got this..." and yeah, there's always wisdom in planning things out in advance. So many deaths...

Are you saying it doesn't look like Mal or that you're not a fan of Firefly and wouldn't have recognized it?

What I don't understand is how people start the videos saying they are familiar with or love Firefly but don't recognize one of the main characters off the show....and the fact that there's a magazine included with each month's crate, so you can look at that in case you're not sure what something is.

I work overnights and when I looked at this I was near the end of my shift, so I'd been up all night and was just killing time. Easy for me to start clicking on things that aren't clearly labelled. Guess it's my fault for...oh wait, this is /r/OutOfTheLoop. It's not like people won't know what something is here...